Karl Stocker (cultural scientist)

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Karl Stocker (* 1956 ) is an Austrian historian , cultural scientist , exhibition curator and institute director at the FH Joanneum .

Life

Stocker studied history and European ethnology at the Karl Franzens University in Graz and received his doctorate in 1981, followed by his habilitation in 1988. Since 1984 he has been a lecturer at various Austrian and international universities. At the Karl Franzens University in Graz he teaches at the Institute for History. In 1990 he founded the Bisdato ° exhibition agency. He has been teaching at the FH Joanneum since 2000. In 2017 he was awarded the title of University Professor by the Karl Franzens University of Graz .

In addition to his university activities, he gives lectures at home and abroad on design, exhibition design and UNESCO Cities of Design . Karl Stocker is ambassador for the UNESCO City of Design Graz.

Exhibitions and museums

Since 1994 Stocker has directed numerous exhibition and museum projects. Such as B. at the Styrian state exhibition "Pilgrimage" (1994), the Styrian state exhibition "Verkehr" (1999), the "Mountain of Memories" for Graz as European Capital of Culture (2003), "Absolutely free. The Woodstock effect" for the State Museum Joanneum ( 2009) and "Regensburg World Heritage Visitor Center" (2011) and the permanent exhibition and visitor center of the Southern Styria Nature Park (2019).

Publications (selection)

  • Designing Sustainable Cities. Manageable Approaches to Make Urban Spaces Better: Detroit, Graz, Istanbul, Mexico City and Puebla, Basel 2020, (with Sigrid Bürstmayr), ISBN 978-3-0356-2203-4 .
  • Sozio-Design / Socio-Design: Relevant Projects - Designed for Society / Relevant Projects - Designed for Society . Basel 2017 (with FH JOANNEUM), ISBN 978-3-03561208-0
  • The power of design. A Journey through the 11 UNESCO Cities of Design . Vienna, New York 2013. ISBN 978-3-70911-582-4
  • With E. Hauswirth, C. Marek and E. Thümmel: Absolutely free. The Woodstock effect. Graz 2009. ISBN 978-3-7011-7666-3
  • Edited with W. Muchitsch :. Collect . Vienna 2005 (Museum zum Quadrat. 18). ISBN 3-85132393-9
  • With N. Cusimano and K. Schurl: INSIDEOUT . Vienna, New York 2003 ISBN 978-3-21140782-0
  • The mountain of memories. Exhibition catalog, Graz 2003 (with H. Hofgartner and K. Schurl). ISBN 3-9501666-6-1
  • Design determines awareness. Exhibitions and museums in the field of tension between content and aesthetics. (Museum zum Quadrat 16), Vienna 2003 (edited with H. Müller). ISBN 978-3-85132-393-1
  • Traffic. Catalog for the Styrian State Exhibition 1999 in Knittelfeld, Graz 1999 (with O. Hwaletz and S. Rollig). ISBN 3-90170405-1
  • Pilgrimage. Ways to strength. Catalog for the Styrian State Exhibition 1994, Graz 1994 (with W. Hengstler).
  • Clio's revenge? New aspects of structural and theory-based historical research in Austria . Vienna, Cologne, Weimar 1992 (edited with K. Kaser). ISBN 978-320505486-3
  • Living and working in the Leoben district . Ed. Geschichtswerkstatt Leoben, Vienna, Cologne: Böhlau 1989. ISBN 3-205-05263-3
  • With Karl Kaser: rural life in Eastern Styria since 1848 . 2 volumes. Vienna: Böhlau 1989. ISBN 978-3-205-05152-7
  • Miner or factory soldier . Iron ore as a case study of industrial politics. Documents and analyzes about the Austrian Alpine Mining Society in the interwar period, Graz 1984 (with O. Hwaletz et al.). ISBN 3-90052601-X
  • Fohnsdorf . Rise and crisis of an Austrian coal mining community in the Aichfeld-Murboden region. Graz 1982 (with E. Hinner et al.). ISBN 978-3-70117143-9

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personal data
SURNAME Stocker, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian historian, cultural scientist, author and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1956